How can you tell if your favourite character is, in fact, a manipulative bastard?

A while ago, I decided I was going to read all of Christie’s works. I knew I already read the vast majority of them done - or so I thought.

I can only speak for myself, but I know that I've never bought a book I hadn't intended to read.

I recently finished reading The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah. If you don't know, this is Sophie Hannah taking on the continuation...

The phrase ‘writing rules’ is pretty broad. Advice is welcomed. Directives are troublesome.

This is a book I've put off reading for a long time. In fact, I saw the movie with Tilda Swinton before I was brave enough to read the...

This is an ancient mould for ghost stories future writers will use for many and various hauntings.

We likely get the narrative concept of the mentor from the Greek mythological character called, surprise surprise, Mentor.

If you’re like me, your first experience with this story was with the 1988 Disney adaption Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

It’s difficult to say where this trope originated from, given, as far as I can see, it’s been part of Western culture since literature began

There are well over 1100 named characters in the Discworld series, far more than I ever have a hope of covering in a month-long series.

Cheery is a dwarf from Überwald (basically the Discworld's version of Transylvania) who moves to Ankh-Morpork as many dwarfs to.

Mothra, Gamera, Godzilla and giant ants, these constantly rampaging kaijū seemingly never give Toyoko a break.

If you're interested in character alignments, Moist is perhaps the best example of a Chaotic Natural character.

Being a librarian isn't an easy job by any means. But in the Discworld, it can be lethal.

Susan Sto Helit is the granddaughter of Death. She's the child of Mort (Death's apprentice) and Ysabell (Death's adopted daughter).

I fervently believe, Detritus - my favourite Troll of the Discworld - has the the most transformational arc of the series.

By the way, if any of you are thinking - hang on, this sounds very much like the real-world issue of X, Y or Z then, yeah

When all is said and done, there is a lot about Vetinari that seems scarily inhuman (in a good way).

IT IS THE THINGS YOU BELIEVE WHICH MAKE YOU HUMAN. GOOD THINGS AND BAD THINGS, IT’S ALL THE SAME. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett When one...